Every Broken Animal Will be Lifted to Heaven

Mister Sprinklers :oR: Every Broken Animal Will be Lifted to Heaven, part 3 of the Living Needle series, is the story of a pumpkin-headed scarecrow trying to make sense of the world & his best friend, Artemis. After he came to life with the rest of the world's scarecrows, Mr. Sprinklers must learn what being human means & risk rejection from the one human he loves most. More

Mister Sprinklers :oR: Every Broken Animal Will be Lifted to Heaven is the third part of The Living Needle series. After all the scarecrows in the world wake simultaneously as part of an apocalyptic event, they become empty vessels most people dismiss as imitations of humans and reject, sometimes violently. Most scarecrows become sad sacks who wander the world aimlessly, but Mr. Sprinklers is different. He's kind and hopeful and wishes only to lift everyone he loves to heaven, or at least his concept of heaven. This is perhaps because he has Artemis, one of the few humans who accepts the scarecrows. However, Artemis is trying to settle into a stable, mature life, and she struggles with whether or not to keep this constant reminder of her childhood on the farm where everything tumbled down to bleakness and haunting loss. As Mr. Sprinklers learns what being human means from those around him, he yearns for connection with Artemis who just may be the one to save this world from the apocalypse of which the scarecrow resurrection is the most prominent sign.

f. Simon Grant is the author of the Seven Origins of Lagomorph maxiseries which combines magical realism, fantasy, sci-fi, comedy, and tragedy to tell compelling, fun, and heart-breaking character-based stories. Though part of a broader mythos, each story is a self-contained exploration of a character dealing with chaotic change of apocalyptic proportions.